A kid, a soccer mom, a WW2 vet and Piccolo in a checkout line.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - A kid, a soccer mom, a WW2 vet and Piccolo in a checkout line.

Posted: 3/3/2006 7:34:33 AM EDT

Kid, looking at my flight jacket. "Were you a pilot?"

'Forward Air Controller for Colonel Roosevelt in Cuba," I said with a smirk.

Mother looks at me, probably thought of the Bay of Pigs fiasco.

Kid gives me a dirty look. Starts counting on his fingers. Looks at me. "You have to be about 125 years old," says the kid.

"127, actually," I reply.

The old duffer behind us rolls his eyes. I wink at him. The old guy grins.

The mother looks confused.

"You don't look 127," says the kid.

"That's because I don't drink any cheap liquor. Only the good stuff." I reply.

Mother looks TOTALLY addled.

I point at the old guy. "He's only 36, but he looks that way because he drinks cheap whisky," I tell the kid.

Kid looks at the old guy. "You really 37?" he asks.

Old guy grins, gives me a smirk, looks at the kid. "That's right. See what cheap liquor does to a guy?"

Soccor mom just didn't get it.

I've said it before, there are a lot of kids out there that are a hell of a lot sharper than their parents.

Posted: 3/3/2006 7:37:26 AM EDT

[#1]

Hah! That's great!

Posted: 3/3/2006 7:37:43 AM EDT

[#2]

That's one sharp kid. I couldn't even tell you how old you would be to have been at Kettle Hill.

Posted: 3/3/2006 7:37:52 AM EDT

[#3]

Posted: 3/3/2006 8:46:03 AM EDT

[#4]

Pic, you should have your own Candid Camera type show!

Posted: 3/3/2006 8:47:30 AM EDT

[#5]

Posted: 3/3/2006 8:49:46 AM EDT

[#6]

Leave it to Piccolo to stirr it up.

Later,

Badredfish

P.S. How are all of the groupies?

Posted: 3/3/2006 9:03:45 AM EDT

[#7]

Was the mom hot at least?

Posted: 3/3/2006 9:12:51 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Mother looks TOTALLY addled.

Thanks - learned a new word today.

ad·dle
To muddle; confuse: “My brain is a bit addled by whiskey” (Eugene O'Neill).

addle
v. intr.
1. To become confused.
2. To become rotten, as an egg.

Posted: 3/3/2006 9:15:48 AM EDT

[#9]

Classic!

Posted: 3/3/2006 9:16:15 AM EDT

[#10]

Posted: 3/3/2006 9:18:21 AM EDT

[#11]

Totally priceless, that was one smart kid. Tad gullible, but very smart.

Posted: 3/3/2006 9:26:11 AM EDT

[#12]

That's priceless. All that story needed was more SEC (may he rest in peace). You're a funny guy, Piccolo, and a quick thinker!

Posted: 3/3/2006 11:43:32 AM EDT

[#13]

And..............ANOTHER Piccolo story gets saved to the hard drive.

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:02:09 AM EDT

[#14]

I'm laughing so hard it hurts...

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:05:06 AM EDT

[#15]

someone should just follow piccolo around and film everything he does.

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:06:48 AM EDT

[#16]

Presto-Change-o! A sort of dreary day is magically transformed into a great day. Thanks for the laugh Pic.

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:12:40 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Kid, looking at my flight jacket. "Were you a pilot?"

'Forward Air Controller for Colonel Roosevelt in Cuba," I said with a smirk.

Mother looks at me, probably thought of the Bay of Pigs fiasco.

Kid gives me a dirty look. Starts counting on his fingers. Looks at me. "You have to be about 125 years old," says the kid.

"127, actually," I reply.

The old duffer behind us rolls his eyes. I wink at him. The old guy grins.

The mother looks confused.

"You don't look 127," says the kid.

"That's because I don't drink any cheap liquor. Only the good stuff." I reply.

Mother looks TOTALLY addled.

I point at the old guy. "He's only 36, but he looks that way because he drinks cheap whisky," I tell the kid.

Kid looks at the old guy. "You really 37?" he asks.

Old guy grins, gives me a smirk, looks at the kid. "That's right. See what cheap liquor does to a guy?"

Soccor mom just didn't get it.

I've said it before, there are a lot of kids out there that are a hell of a lot sharper than their parents.

Consider a hidden camera for some of these gags. VERY funny stuff!!

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:15:09 AM EDT

[#18]

OK, I must be stupid. What's the deal with "cheap liquor?"

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:19:12 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
OK, I must be stupid. What's the deal with "cheap liquor?"

Damned kids today!

Anyone who is any one KNOWS that cheap liquor will age a man years ahead of his time.

With my 128th birthday coming up, I don't look a day over 50. That's because I ONLY drink the good stuff.

Right now there are a lot of guys in their early 30s posing as WW2 vets and getting away with it because they have been drinking cheap booze.

Ages a man fast, long before his years!

Whatever you do, don't drink no cheap booze!

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:19:13 AM EDT

[#20]

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:20:18 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
OK, I must be stupid. What's the deal with "cheap liquor?"

Maddog 20/20

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:20:49 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Quoted:
OK, I must be stupid. What's the deal with "cheap liquor?"

Damned kids today!

Anyone who is any one KNOWS that cheap liquor will age a man years ahead of his time.

With my 128th birthday coming up, I don't look a day over 50. That's because I ONLY drink the good stuff.

Right now there are a lot of guys in their early 30s posing as WW2 vets and getting away with it because they have been drinking cheap booze.

Ages a man fast, long before his years!

Whatever you do, don't drink no cheap booze!

I...just...don't...get it.

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:32:37 AM EDT

[#23]

This is the funniest shit I have seen all day!

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:38:16 AM EDT

[#24]

pic,

i am sorry but i am calling BS this time.

No way in hell that kid knew history that well

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:43:03 AM EDT

[#25]

Ok. Pic, for us kids, what qualifies as Cheap, and The Good Stuff?

Jim Beam?

Jack Daniels?

Bacardi 151?

Posted: 3/5/2006 10:47:13 AM EDT

[#26]

nice to know the kid knows about the Rough Riders

Posted: 3/8/2006 11:33:45 AM EDT

[#27]

Must be going to a private school.

Posted: 3/8/2006 12:01:20 PM EDT

[#28]

Bravo!

Posted: 3/8/2006 12:29:35 PM EDT

[#29]

So the kid was smart enough to figure out when President Roosevelt fought in Cuba. Apparently he wasn't smart enough to figure out when the airplane was invented, and first used in combat.

Posted: 3/8/2006 12:33:28 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Must be going to a private school.

Yes, I'm suprised he even knew who Teddy Roosevelt was, with the pitiful state of many (not ALL) public schools these days.

That's a classic one, Piccolo.

Posted: 3/8/2006 12:42:38 PM EDT

[#31]

And just where was the SEC during this BS storm?

Posted: 3/8/2006 12:45:45 PM EDT

[#32]

Pic,

When are you going to write that book?

CMOS

PS: Get another SEC!

Posted: 3/8/2006 2:40:34 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
So the kid was smart enough to figure out when President Roosevelt fought in Cuba. Apparently he wasn't smart enough to figure out when the airplane was invented, and first used in combat.

I flew a hot air balloon.

Posted: 3/8/2006 3:04:39 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Quoted:
So the kid was smart enough to figure out when President Roosevelt fought in Cuba. Apparently he wasn't smart enough to figure out when the airplane was invented, and first used in combat.

I flew a hot air balloon.

As a CAC? Damn impressive. Back before we had radar, and actual radio communications. What did you use for comms?

Posted: 3/8/2006 3:49:00 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
So the kid was smart enough to figure out when President Roosevelt fought in Cuba. Apparently he wasn't smart enough to figure out when the airplane was invented, and first used in combat.

I flew a hot air balloon.

As a CAC? Damn impressive. Back before we had radar, and actual radio communications. What did you use for comms?

tin cans and a string probably, or maybe a lantern at night, morse code you know, maybe smoke signals?

Posted: 3/8/2006 3:58:48 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
So the kid was smart enough to figure out when President Roosevelt fought in Cuba. Apparently he wasn't smart enough to figure out when the airplane was invented, and first used in combat.

I flew a hot air balloon.

As a CAC? Damn impressive. Back before we had radar, and actual radio communications. What did you use for comms?

Semaphore and mirrors.

I was an FAC. I'd spot the enemy and mark the pos with a WP.

Then the fast movers would take it from there. They were Hot air balloons with sails and Gatlings. A gunner with a strong right arm could sure prep a tree line!

Posted: 3/8/2006 3:58:54 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
pic,

i am sorry but i am calling BS this time.

No way in hell that kid knew history that well

I was at my inlaws for Easter last year.
My neice and nephew were watching a cartoon on PBS.
It was boring as hell, being on PBS and all.

Anyway, I was trying to keep the kids entertained, so I asked the boy
about the cartoon. He was 8 years old. I figured he was confused because
they weren't shooting lasers at each other.

I said "so, do you suppose that was the civil war? how long ago do you suppose that was?"

He said, "no, look at their clothes, that was the revolutionary war".

I had to watch the rest of the damn show to determine he was right.

As soon as I think the educational system is screwed up forever,
a child surprises me.

Posted: 3/8/2006 3:59:41 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
So the kid was smart enough to figure out when President Roosevelt fought in Cuba. Apparently he wasn't smart enough to figure out when the airplane was invented, and first used in combat.

I flew a hot air balloon.

As a CAC? Damn impressive. Back before we had radar, and actual radio communications. What did you use for comms?

tin cans and a string probably, or maybe a lantern at night, morse code you know, maybe smoke signals?

Semaphore?

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